Poem
Shai Dotan
A JERUSALEM POEM
We forgot to close the window at night.The city broke into our home.
Cars sped across the living room.
Boys settled into couches, flashed
knife blades, and turned on the TV.
Someone sprayed slogans on the bathroom wall
“death to the prime minister”.
In the kitchen, two cops beat an Arab from Shuafat
and tossed him in the squad car. You fell
into deep sleep. And all night
I searched for refuge in you.
© Translation: 2009, Ohad Stadler
שכחנו בלילה
שכחנו בלילה
.שָׁכַחְנוּ בַּלַּיְלָה לִסְגֹּר אֶת הַחַלּוֹן
.הָעִיר פָּרְצָה אֵלֵינוּ פְּנִימָה
מ.ְכוֹנִיּוֹת חָצוּ אֶת הַסָּלוֹן בִּמְהִירוּת מֻפְרֶזֶת
נְעָרִים הִשְׁתַּקְּעוּ בַּכֻּרְסָאוֹת, שָׁלְפוּ
.סַכִּינִים לוֹהֲבוֹת וְהִדְלִיקוּ טֶלֶוִיזְיָה
מִישֶׁהוּ רִסֵּס בַּשֵּׁרוּתִים סִיסְמָאוֹת
.נֶגֶד הַהִתְנַתְּקוּת, מָוֶת לְרֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה
בַּמִּטְבָּח, שְׁנֵי שׁוֹטְרִים סָטְרוּ לַעֲרָבִי מִשּׁוֹעַפַאת
וְזָרְקוּ אוֹתוֹ לַנַּיֶּדֶת. אַתְּ שָׁקַעְתְּ
בְּשֵׁנָה עֲמֻקָּה. אֲנִי כָּל הַלַּיְלָה
.חִפַּשְׂתִּי מִקְלָט בְּגוּפֵךְ
© 2009, Shai Dotan
From: The Poems I Didn\'t Write
Publisher: Am Oved, Tel Aviv
From: The Poems I Didn\'t Write
Publisher: Am Oved, Tel Aviv
ירושלים, תשס"ו
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A JERUSALEM POEM
We forgot to close the window at night.The city broke into our home.
Cars sped across the living room.
Boys settled into couches, flashed
knife blades, and turned on the TV.
Someone sprayed slogans on the bathroom wall
“death to the prime minister”.
In the kitchen, two cops beat an Arab from Shuafat
and tossed him in the squad car. You fell
into deep sleep. And all night
I searched for refuge in you.
© 2009, Ohad Stadler
From: The Poems I Didn\'t Write
From: The Poems I Didn\'t Write
ירושלים, תשס"ו
A JERUSALEM POEM
We forgot to close the window at night.The city broke into our home.
Cars sped across the living room.
Boys settled into couches, flashed
knife blades, and turned on the TV.
Someone sprayed slogans on the bathroom wall
“death to the prime minister”.
In the kitchen, two cops beat an Arab from Shuafat
and tossed him in the squad car. You fell
into deep sleep. And all night
I searched for refuge in you.
© 2009, Ohad Stadler
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